Analysts attributed the inflows to the surprise crypto market rally driven by US Treasury Department's buyback expansion announcement.
Spot bitcoin ETFs pulled in $517 million and ether funds $189 million on Aug.
August 20, 2026, 6:21 amInstitutional interest in spot Bitcoin ETFs signals growing confidence in crypto, potentially driving broader adoption and innovation in digital assets.
August 20, 2026, 5:13 amTraders betting against crypto lost $2.74 billion in a day, more than the short side of the October 2025 crash that remains the biggest liquidation event in the market's history.
Every major except tron posted double-digit weekly gains, with nearly $1.4 billion of short positions wiped out after the Treasury doubled its bond buybacks.
On August 19, the U.S. Treasury announced that starting September 9, it will at least double its long-end buybacks, and Bitcoin surged as much as 8.7%, reaching an intraday high of $69,749.
Bitcoin's potential bullish trend could stabilize market sentiment, encouraging holding over panic selling, and possibly driving prices higher.
The August repayment ended the immediate collateral risk while the company’s going-concern warning and Michigan financing need persisted.
After months of shrinking volatility, exhausted traders and seemingly endless sideways price action, Bitcoin has finally produced the kind of candle capable of changing the entire conversation.
A planned revival of the failed BIP-110 stalled fork is putting an old cryptocurrency hazard back in the spotlight: replay attacks, where a transaction intended for one blockchain can potentially be copied onto another.
Bitcoin briefly touched $70,000 on Wednesday for the first time since early June, capping a dramatic session that combined Washington’s renewed push for crypto legislation, a surprise intervention in the Treasury market and one of the most violent short squeezes of the summer.
Strategy shares returned above $100 during Bitcoin's sharp rebound, but MSTR remains far below its May levels.
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